gi BULIJOUS-ROOTED FLOWERS. 



top with a lid or cover perforated with round 

 holes to admit the bottom of the roots, filling. 

 the cillern with water up to the holes, then 

 place a bulb in each, the bottom touching, 

 the water, they will grow and flower as in 

 the glafies, though for general practice of 

 blowing in water, I would principally prefer 

 the glafies, as the moll convenient, cleanly, 

 and effeiflual. 



To flower the bulbous and tuberous-rooted 

 kinds in pots or boxes for early flowering, in 

 the apartment of a dwelling-houfe, or in a 

 hot-houfe, or hot-bed, for earlier blowing, 

 they may be planted therein, either in Autumn, I 

 about September, Odober, November, or any; | 

 of the Winter and earlier Spring months,, ' 

 as before obferved for the glaffes ; the pots 

 may be of fmaller or larger fizes, to contain 

 one, two, to three, four, or more roots 

 together; or have neat boxes fifteen or. 

 eighteen inches long, eight or ten wide, fix 

 inches depth; filling the pots or boxes with 

 any lightlfh dry earth ; or occafionally with 

 fand : plant therein any of the kinds of bulbs 

 and tuberous roots before mentioned, and of 

 anemones, and ranunculufes, one, two, to 

 three, four, or five roots in each pot, accord- 

 ing to the fize both of the pots and refpedive 

 forts of roots ; more in proportion in the 

 boxes; placing the roots three, four, or iive 

 inches afunder, and inferted only a little way 

 over the crown ; an inch depth is fufhcient: 

 and place them in a warm room window 

 where there is the greateft benefit of the fun 



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